The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, March 28, 1905, Page 2, Image 2
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Four deaths and numerous iniuries
to other persons resulted on Saturday V
fron storms throughout the Indian Ja
Territory. tr
Lieut. R. E. Peary's Artic steam- d
ship has been successfully launched 4
at Bucksport, Me. She was christen
ed "Roosevelt" by Mrs. Peary.
While returning to Georgiana, Fla, is
from Ocean Beach on Saturday five
persons were drowned. The party tc
was in a boat, which was r .sized by
a squall.
A dispatch from Tacoma, Wn.,
says that Albert F. Bell, one of the
most noted mail piuch robbers in the
United States, has made a successful
dash for liberty at the United States
prison on McNeil's island.
Lewis Lyons, the son of a former
clothing merchant, but through diss- C
pation much reduced in circumstanc- iT
es, was hanged in New Orleans or.
Friday for the murder of Former
District Attorney J. Ward Curley. ni e
1903- S
Jules Verne died in Amiens,
France, on Friday. He had been sub
ject to chronic diabetes. which as
sumed a critical aspect on March 10. b
John Hill, a negro pugilist, died in
a hospital in Philadelphia on Friday
as the result of a six-round bout on 0
Thursday night.
The officers of the American
squadron visiting at Habana, Cuba,
were entertained at a luncheon by the
veterans of the Cuban revolution on tl
Thursday. Forty naval officers and $
nearly 200 distinguished Cuban vet- a,
erans were present. Gen. Maximo SI
Gomez was the first speaker. P(
Congressmon Johb Sharp Williams
has offered his services as speaker d
and to aid in the organization n
through Mississippi of the Mississip- tr
pi Cotton association. The offer has li
been accepted and Mr. Williams will th
begin his work within a few days.
It is stated that the battleship Kan
sas will probably be christened by ci
breaking a bottle of Kansas crude t
oil over its prow in place of a bottle m
of champagne, as is the usual cus- f
tom. This, it is said, is the idea of t
Gov. H och.- t
President Roosevelt has approved
the sentence of the courtmartial in
flicted upon Midshipman Arrowood,
of North Carolina, recently tried for S
desertion from the navy. The sen- al
tence earries with it dismissal from yi
the navy, and the law bearing upon ~
the case provides that a man so dis- c~
missed shall not hereafter be eligible h
to any of the rights of citizenship.
Col. Stephen D. Renfree, a lawyer g
about 77 years old, was convicted at
Fayetteville, Ga., on Thursday after- o
non of the murder of his daughter-in
law. The jury recommended him to
mercy and he was sentenced to life t
imprisonment. Renfree quarrelled 1
with his daughter-in-law over a cab- 1
bage patch, the quarrel ending in his th
shooting her to death with a shot
gun.
Acting unider auth.rity of a special er
act of cons s Gen. Ainsworth, the t
military ,e.:ret ary, has begi th;. de
livery to the governors of all the
southern states affected of all Confed
erate battle flags captured by the
union forces during the War for
Southern Independence. Since their
capture these flags which numb~er
about .54o, have been stored in the
war <department, and most of them
are in afair state of preservation
Tiwo great trans-Atlantic liners.
bo.tb bound in, heavily loaded with
passengers, collided off the entrance
of the harbor of Halifax. N. S., on
Saturday night. Both were s,riously
damaged. but reached their docks and
landed their passengers safely.
I-300 bales of cotton, 2 small cot
ton seed oil mills and 15 small dwel
ling houses were burned at Cornith,
Miss. The fire started in the cotton
from a spark fronm an engine.
It is possible that arrangements
will be made so that the guest.s of
the Jefferson birthday banquets in
New York and Chicago will be able
to listen to the speeches of the more
prominent orators in both cities by
...-s of teehom wires cnnectingr
e two banqut halls. The cities are
>oo miles apart. Bryan will be one
the principal speakers at the Chic
o club; while Parker will be one of
e speacrs at the banquet in Newx
>rk.
Miss Luella Heustis. of Mount
ernon, who with her mother, Mrs.
mes H. Heustis, had been in a
ance for fifteen days prior to her
ath, died in a hospital in New York
L Friday. A specialist in hypncL:;m
ao investigated the case says that
e two women had unconsciously
rpnotized each other. Lack of noir
iment was the principal cause of
.r death, as it had been impossible
give her food except in liqp:id form
id through a tube.
"OUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
ems of More or Less Interest Con
densed Throughout the State.
The state convention-of the South
arolina Sunday School association
e:s in Florence this evening.
Mavor Calvert has given out the
inouncement that he will not be a
Lndidate for re-election as mayor of
?artanburg.
W. H. Kerr was on Friday nomi
ited for mayor of Greenwood, de
ating his opponent. Kenneth Baker,
a majority of five votes.
Prof. John R. Mack, co-president
the Orangeburg Collegiate Insti
[te. died on Thursday. Prof. Mack
as one of -:he best known educators
the state.
The city of Anderson has accepted
e offer of Andrew Carnegie to give
o,ooo for a library for Anderson
id has agreed to apprcoriate the
im of $i,ooo annually for its sup
>rt.
The state supreme court has ren
red a decision which authorizes
unicipalities to collect license tax
m telephone, telegraph and such
:e companies which have offices in
ose towns. The case came up from
'innsboro.
The Sea Tsland Cotton Seed asso
tion was formed at a meeting of
e sea island cotton planters, held
Charleston. The organization was
rmed for the purpose of limiting
esale of seed and thus confining
e growing of the long staple cot
Norris Chavis, a young white mani
[ha was arrested and locked up in
ringfield, Orangeburg county, for
leged attempted assault upon the 4
ar-old daughter of Mr. Conni- Alt
tn for whom he was working. es
ped from the Springfield guard
mse on Friday night.
The Hampton equestrian statue is
tting along finely in Paris. Mr.
ickst-uhL has advised Col. Marshall,
Columbia, who is chairman of :he
mmission, that he will be able to
:d him a photograph of the model
thin ten days' time. Mr. Ruck
hl writes that he is very much
eased with the work and that he
inks that the commission will also
pleased.
The code commissioner has discov
ed that in the judicial circuit act by
e recent legislature the fall term
the courts for Cherokee and Spar
Writes MRs. JANE PETTY, of R<
My little boy could not walk a s
ll other remedies had failed to do
:ured him and made him sound and
give the same testimony.
eleanses the blood of all the poison
sther blood diseases, and absolute]
powerful and effective blood purifie:
ligestion and builds up the entire sy
'THE NE THAT CURES
ldke 50BB1TT CiiEMICAL COMPJ
Sld by Gilder, Weeks&
tanburg are held on thr' same da:e.
the iiurth week in October. Just
what will be done this year,. it is stat- I
ed. i'; not known. but the judge who
presides Vill probably have to let
one of the courts lapse. during 1903. at:
least.
James 11. Skinner shot and instant.
ly kiled Miller Anderson. near Dun
barton, in Barnwell county, on
Thursday morning. Mr. Anderson
was a planter, Mr. Skinner a mer
chant, and both men with families.
About a month ago. it is reported,
the two men had a difficulty. On
Thursday morning, while Skinner
was bird hunting, he met Anderson.
Words were passed, the quarrel was
renewed, and the killing followed.
The railroad commission has is
sued an imperative order relative 1o
:he making out of bills of lading. 'he
circular reads as follows: That c1 a
and after the i8th of April, i9os. each
railroad company receiving freight
for shipment in this state sh-ill gi-e
the shipper a bill of lading. stating
both names of the consignee and the
consignor. The classification and the
rate per hundred shall be stated in
said bill of lading. the destination and
place the same was received shall be
marked thereon.
The Columbia, correspondent of
the News and Courier says that a
little education has been a dangerous
thing to David Lorick, colored, of
Richland county. He went to school
and learned how to write and on Sat
urday he was arrested for passing
three checks, on all of which he had
forged the signatures. At each of the
places he told a -story about his being
paid for wood or something of the
sort, and that the purchaser had no
money, but paid by check. He used
the checks in payment of goods, but
generally managed to get a part in
money. Lorick is a lad of about six
teen or seventeen years, and is now
in jail pending trial.
If in doub: about a medicine a wise
man tries it on his wife's dog.
It is easier to give good advice than
it is to earn a decent living.
Nothing beats a good wife--except 4
a bad husband.
A Wonderful Saving.
The largest Methodist church in
Georgia, calculated to use over one
hundred gallons of the usual kind of
mixed .aint in painting their church.
hey used only 32 gallons of the
Longman & Mart' iez Paint mixed
with 24 gallons of linseed oil..-Actual
cost of paint made was less then $1.20
per gallon.
Saved over eighty ($8o.oo) dollars
in paint, and got a big donation be
sides.
EVJERY CHURCH will be given
a liberal quantity whenever they paint
Many houses are well painted with
four gallons of L. & M. and three
gall-ns of linseed oil mixed therewith.
Wears and covers like gold.
These celebrated paints are sold by,
the Newberry Hardware Company.
BrickI
Brick!!
For Sale by
C. H. CANNON.
aring River, N. C., Au . 12, 1904.
tep from RHEUMATISM, and
h[ any good. Rheumacide has
w" Hundreds of other letters
.sthat cause Rheumatism and all
y'cures to stay cured. The most
in the world vet it improves the
stem.
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